Week 1 (2011) - Conference by Conference Breakdown

[Mvemjsunpx]

Big Sky

EWU 27-30 UW
SOU 0-52 PORTST
SAC 29-28 ORST (OT)
IDST 21-64 WSU
WEB 32-35 WYO
NAU 10-41 UA
UMT 16-42 UT
MTST 10-27 UTAH
LIND 22-20 NOCO

• NConf Record: 2-7
  Overall: 2-7
  
  vs. FCS: 0-0
  Overall: 0-0
  
  
  Best Performance: (#24) Sacramento St. 29, (FBS) Oregon St. 28 (OT) - Despite a Bryan Hilliard fumble that totally shifted the momentum to the Beavers late in the third, the Hornets somehow found a way to record their first-ever FBS win.
  
  Worst Performance: Northern Colorado 20, (DII) Lindenwood 22 - The recently-NAIA Lions outgain the Bears 447-263 partially thanks to mystifying decision by the new UNC coaching staff to bench established QB Dylan Orms for unproven Seth Lobato (who threw for just 97 yds.).
  
  Most Surprising Result: (#24) Sacramento St. 29, (FBS) Oregon St. 28 (OT) - The Hornets really made OSU head coach Mike Riley look bad with this one. Earlier in the week, Riley chose to move a bunch of previously announced suspensions of key players to later in the season so they could play against Sac. Now those players still have to miss time, the Beavers still have an embarrassing loss, and Riley looks like an undisciplined waffle.

Southland

MCMUR 6-82 SFA
WIU 6-20 SHSU
TXCOL 0-58 LAM
HEND 14-38 UCA
SELA 33-47 TULANE
DELTA 23-24 NWST
MCNSE 24-42 KU
EVANG 0-42 NICH

• NConf Record: 6-2
  Overall: 6-2
  
  vs. FCS: 1-0
  Overall: 1-0
  
  
  Best Performance: Sam Houston St. 20, Western Illinois 6 - Bearkats dominate possession time and hold WIU to 37 rushing yards.
  
  Worst Performance: Northwestern St. 24, (DII) Delta St. 23 - Demons stop a two-point conversion to hold on against a tough DII opponent in a game with 32 total penalties.
  
  Most Surprising Result: Southeastern Louisiana 33, (FBS) Tulane 47 - Sure, Tulane is a bad FBS team, but the supposedly awful Lions did outgain them 419-393.

Missouri Valley

LAF 6-42 NDSU
SUU 28-29 SDKST
UNI 19-20 ISU
MIZST 7-51 ARK
ILST 26-33 EIU
WIU 6-20 SHSU
SIU 38-10 SEMO
INST 7-41 PSU
YSU 6-28 MSU

• NConf Record: 3-6
  Overall: 3-6
  
  vs. FCS: 3-2
  Overall: 3-2
  
  
  Best Performance: (#7) Northern Iowa 19, (FBS) Iowa St. 20 - 16 penalties send the Panthers to another tragic loss against an in-state BCS foe.
  
  Worst Performance: Illinois St. 26, Eastern Illinois 33 - Redbirds commit 4 turnovers in a disappointing loss.
  
  Most Surprising Result: Illinois St. 26, Eastern Illinois 33 - The Redbirds ruin lofty expectations yet again as they lose to a team that went 2-9 last year.

OVC

SIU 38-10 SEMO
ILST 26-33 EIU
UTM 23-24 JAXST
EKU 7-10 KSU
MUR 9-21 LVILLE
SU 7-33 TSU
TTU 7-34 UI
AP 10-72 CIN

• NConf Record: 2-5
  Overall: 2-5
  
  vs. FCS: 2-1
  Overall: 2-1
  
  
  Best Performance: Eastern Kentucky 7, (FBS) Kansas St. 10 - The Colonels only amass 129 yards of offense, yet still nearly pull off a shocking upset.
  
  Worst Performance: Southeast Missouri St. 10, (#19) Southern Illinois 38 - We knew the Redhawks would be a bit down from last year, but this result makes a rapid return to doormat status look plausible.
  
  Most Surprising Result: Eastern Illinois 33, Illinois St. 26 - A surprising win like this is a good way to kick off Bob Spoo's final season.

Patriot League

LEH 49-24 MONM
LAF 6-42 NDSU
DUQ 26-27 BUCK
ALB 34-37 COLG (OT)
FORD 3-35 UCONN
UMASS 24-16 HC
DVDSN 16-40 GTOWN

• NConf Record: 4-3
  Overall: 4-3
  
  vs. FCS: 4-1
  Overall: 4-1
  
  
  Best Performance: Colgate 37, Albany 34 (OT) - The Raiders seem to have found a worthy successor to Greg Sullivan in Gavin McCarney. He ran for 114, threw for 210, contributed 4 total touchdowns, & didn't turn the ball over.
  
  Worst Performance: Lafayette 6, (#11) North Dakota St. 42 - This thrashing shows the Leopards are still a long way from returning to playoff contention.
  
  Most Surprising Result: Bucknell 27, Duquesne 26 - QB Brandon Wesley takes in a short touchdown with 57 seconds left to help the Bison upset the Dukes.

Tomorrow: the rest of the playoff conferences.

[AZGrizFan]

Big Sky

EWU 27-30 UW
SOU 0-52 PORTST
SAC 29-28 ORST (OT)
IDST 21-64 WSU
WEB 32-35 WYO
NAU 10-41 UA
UMT 16-42 UT
MTST 10-27 UTAH
LIND 22-20 NOCO

• NConf Record: 2-7
  Overall: 2-7
  
  vs. FCS: 0-0
  Overall: 0-0

BSC non conference record is 1-8. Only winner was Sac State.

[EWURanger]

I thought PSU won? I guess if you dont count the DII, then yeah 1-8.

[bigsig50]

Big Sky

EWU 27-30 UW
SOU 0-52 PORTST
SAC 29-28 ORST (OT)
IDST 21-64 WSU
WEB 32-35 WYO
NAU 10-41 UA
UMT 16-42 UT
MTST 10-27 UTAH
LIND 22-20 NOCO

• NConf Record: 2-7
  Overall: 2-7
  
  vs. FCS: 0-0
  Overall: 0-0
  
  
  Best Performance: (#24) Sacramento St. 29, (FBS) Oregon St. 28 (OT) - Despite a Bryan Hilliard fumble that totally shifted the momentum to the Beavers late in the third, the Hornets somehow found a way to record their first-ever FBS win.
  
  Worst Performance: Northern Colorado 20, (DII) Lindenwood 22 - The recently-NAIA Lions outgain the Bears 447-263 partially thanks to mystifying decision by the new UNC coaching staff to bench established QB Dylan Orms for unproven Seth Lobato (who threw for just 97 yds.).
  
  Most Surprising Result: (#24) Sacramento St. 29, (FBS) Oregon St. 28 (OT) - The Hornets really made OSU head coach Mike Riley look bad with this one. Earlier in the week, Riley chose to move a bunch of previously announced suspensions of key players to later in the season so they could play against Sac. Now those players still have to miss time, the Beavers still have an embarrassing loss, and Riley looks like an undisciplined waffle.

Southland

MCMUR 6-82 SFA
WIU 6-20 SHSU
TXCOL 0-58 LAM
HEND 14-38 UCA
SELA 33-47 TULANE
DELTA 23-24 NWST
MCNSE 24-42 KU
EVANG 0-42 NICH

• NConf Record: 6-2
  Overall: 6-2
  
  vs. FCS: 1-0
  Overall: 1-0
  
  
  Best Performance: Sam Houston St. 20, Western Illinois 6 - Bearkats dominate possession time and hold WIU to 37 rushing yards.
  
  Worst Performance: Northwestern St. 24, (DII) Delta St. 23 - Demons stop a two-point conversion to hold on against a tough DII opponent in a game with 32 total penalties.
  Most Surprising Result: Southeastern Louisiana 33, (FBS) Tulane 47 - Sure, Tulane is a bad FBS team, but the supposedly awful Lions did outgain them 419-393.

Missouri Valley

LAF 6-42 NDSU
SUU 28-29 SDKST
UNI 19-20 ISU
MIZST 7-51 ARK
ILST 26-33 EIU
WIU 6-20 SHSU
SIU 38-10 SEMO
INST 7-41 PSU
YSU 6-28 MSU

• NConf Record: 3-6
  Overall: 3-6
  
  vs. FCS: 3-2
  Overall: 3-2
  
  
  Best Performance: (#7) Northern Iowa 19, (FBS) Iowa St. 20 - 16 penalties send the Panthers to another tragic loss against an in-state BCS foe.
  
  Worst Performance: Illinois St. 26, Eastern Illinois 33 - Redbirds commit 4 turnovers in a disappointing loss.
  
  Most Surprising Result: Illinois St. 26, Eastern Illinois 33 - The Redbirds ruin lofty expectations yet again as they lose to a team that went 2-9 last year.

OVC

SIU 38-10 SEMO
ILST 26-33 EIU
UTM 23-24 JAXST
EKU 7-10 KSU
MUR 9-21 LVILLE
SU 7-33 TSU
TTU 7-34 UI
AP 10-72 CIN

• NConf Record: 2-5
  Overall: 2-5
  
  vs. FCS: 2-1
  Overall: 2-1
  
  
  Best Performance: Eastern Kentucky 7, (FBS) Kansas St. 10 - The Colonels only amass 129 yards of offense, yet still nearly pull off a shocking upset.
  
  Worst Performance: Southeast Missouri St. 10, (#19) Southern Illinois 38 - We knew the Redhawks would be a bit down from last year, but this result makes a rapid return to doormat status look plausible.
  
  Most Surprising Result: Eastern Illinois 33, Illinois St. 26 - A surprising win like this is a good way to kick off Bob Spoo's final season.

Patriot League

LEH 49-24 MONM
LAF 6-42 NDSU
DUQ 26-27 BUCK
ALB 34-37 COLG (OT)
FORD 3-35 UCONN
UMASS 24-16 HC
DVDSN 16-40 GTOWN

• NConf Record: 4-3
  Overall: 4-3
  
  vs. FCS: 4-1
  Overall: 4-1
  
  
  Best Performance: Colgate 37, Albany 34 (OT) - The Raiders seem to have found a worthy successor to Greg Sullivan in Gavin McCarney. He ran for 114, threw for 210, contributed 4 total touchdowns, & didn't turn the ball over.
  
  Worst Performance: Lafayette 6, (#11) North Dakota St. 42 - This thrashing shows the Leopards are still a long way from returning to playoff contention.
  
  Most Surprising Result: Bucknell 27, Duquesne 26 - QB Brandon Wesley takes in a short touchdown with 57 seconds left to help the Bison upset the Dukes.

Tomorrow: the rest of the playoff conferences.

Regarding the Northern Colorado game. Orms played the entire second half and only added about 70 yards to the passing total. I don't think the choice of QB had much to do with the outcome. The Beats were physically out manned and out performed by Lindenwood on both sides of the ball.

[JayJ79]

helpful hint: when replying to a long post such as this, it works best to only quote the section which you are referencing (or just reply w/o quoting, if it's evident what you're discussing). saves people alot of scrolling.

(not complaining, just trying to educate)

[SuperHornet]

So, I guess that the gist of what Venus is trying to say is that the two biggest idiots in the college football coaching world are Mike Riley and Earnest Collins. One benches an experienced QB and gets clobbered for it, while the other screws around with suspensions to "guarantee" a win vs a "lower" school, but gets pie on his face anyway.

What goes through people's minds sometimes is beyond me. While I disagree with quite a few of you guys on a consistent basis, most of you at least have some semblance of logical reasoning for your positions. I don't think there are any viable arguments for EITHER of these bonehead decisions....

[JohnStOnge]

Kansas was beatable; which I guess is no shock since North Dakota State beat the Jayhawks last year. Basically a game where both offenses ran up and down the field but McNeese had a 1st half stretch that put them behind the 8 ball.

First, while trailing 7-0, McNeese did a trick play where the QB hit one wideout behind the line then that wideout threw it downfield for a TD to another. But "on further review" it was determined that the first wideout didn't get enough depth so it was a forward pass instead of a lateral. McNeese had to settle for a field goal to make it 7-3.

Then Kansas drove down inside the McNeese 10 and McNeese stopped them on third down around the 5. There were two penalties on the play. Kansas got called for an illegal chop block and McNeese got called for dead ball personal foul for a late hit. The outcome was a 15 yard walk off against Kansas followed by a half the distance walk off against McNeese. Since the McNeese penalty was dead ball it was automatic first down Kansas at about the 10. Kansas scored to make it 14-3.

A little later McNeese stopped Kansas on third down a little short of midfield but a McNeese defender got called for unsportsmanlike conduct for jawing at the Kansas bench. Kansas went on to score a TD to make it 21-3. After that it was trading scores.

The silver lining is that McNeese's offense looked very good. The Cowboys ended the night with 420 yards and their redshirt soph quarterback was tabbed as Southland Conference offensive player of the week after hitting on 22 of 27 passing attempts. Basically they just needed for the defense, which had its hands full, not to keep Kansas drives alive with dead ball "after the play" penalties when they DID get the Jayhawk offense stopped.

[LDopaPDX]

An interesting thing to note is the difference in scheduling shown by the conferences. Look at the level of difficulty the Big Sky schedules compared to everyone else... Nearly everyone in the Big Sky went in tough (NoCo and Portland State excluded), while the rest of the conferences listed only had a couple of teams play up.

The Patriot can't ever expect to get much respect with the weak-ass scheduling they do....

[SuperHornet]

An interesting thing to note is the difference in scheduling shown by the conferences. Look at the level of difficulty the Big Sky schedules compared to everyone else... Nearly everyone in the Big Sky went in tough (NoCo and Portland State excluded), while the rest of the conferences listed only had a couple of teams play up.

The Patriot can't ever expect to get much respect with the weak-ass scheduling they do....

Good point. It wasn't all that long ago that people back East were complaining that Montana wasn't playing "anybody," yet nobody back there would step up with the home-and-home. To some degree, the entire Sky is susceptible to those charges due to the dearth of other FCS teams in our area, unless the Sky AS A WHOLE plays "up". This year, for the most part, we're doing that. Whether this is a trend or an aberration remans to be seen.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

An interesting thing to note is the difference in scheduling shown by the conferences. Look at the level of difficulty the Big Sky schedules compared to everyone else... Nearly everyone in the Big Sky went in tough (NoCo and Portland State excluded), while the rest of the conferences listed only had a couple of teams play up.

The Patriot can't ever expect to get much respect with the weak-ass scheduling they do....

Really? Weak ass scheduling. You have no clue. They play UConn, Army, New Hampshire, Umass, North Dakota State, Liberty, URI, Stony Brook, Penn, Harvard, Yale and Albany.

Lehigh could easily play 4 or 5 ranked teams, UNH, Liberty, Colgate, Holy Cross and Yale.

Lehigh and Holy Cross play two of the better OOC schedules in the country.

[FargoBison]

An interesting thing to note is the difference in scheduling shown by the conferences. Look at the level of difficulty the Big Sky schedules compared to everyone else... Nearly everyone in the Big Sky went in tough (NoCo and Portland State excluded), while the rest of the conferences listed only had a couple of teams play up.

The Patriot can't ever expect to get much respect with the weak-ass scheduling they do....

You do realize that outside of I believe Fordham no PL team is a bowl counter for an FBS team, so unlike the Big Sky or MVFC or CAA they just can't load up on FBS money games.

Hell Lafayette came to Fargo to play a one and done when they easily could have scheduled some regional game. They came to Fargo to challenge themselves, that says something about where they want their football program to go.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

An interesting thing to note is the difference in scheduling shown by the conferences. Look at the level of difficulty the Big Sky schedules compared to everyone else... Nearly everyone in the Big Sky went in tough (NoCo and Portland State excluded), while the rest of the conferences listed only had a couple of teams play up.

The Patriot can't ever expect to get much respect with the weak-ass scheduling they do....

You do realize that outside of I believe Fordham no PL team is a bowl counter for an FBS team. Hell Lafayette came to Fargo to play a one and done when they easily could have scheduled some regional game.

I believe Colgate and Lehigh are. The Raiders played Syracuse last year.

[FargoBison]

How can a school that doesn't offer scholarships be a counter? FBS schools can play anyone they want, hell Minnesota almost played a DII school a few years ago but if you want the game to count an FCS needs a certain amount of scholarships.

I believe this is the rule....

56.7 equivalencies (90% of the maximum 63) are needed for an FCS game to be a bowl counter to an FBS team.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

How can a school that doesn't offer scholarships be a counter? FBS schools can play anyone they want, hell Minnesota almost played a DII school a few years ago but if you want the game to count an FCS needs a certain amount of scholarships.

I believe this is the rule....

56.7 equivalencies (90% of the maximum 63) are needed for an FCS game to be a bowl counter to an FBS team.

Yup, it's based on equivalencies. The PL league are neither non-scholarship or scholarship, they're a hybrid. The IL is basically the same way. The difference is some of the schools, like Harvard, offer their own financial packages.

[frinq]

Thanks for not beating up on Portland State, guys. Our first game last year was UO - we were trashed and had injuries to boot. We did the same the year before - wasn't that the season we played three FBS? Southern Oregon, NAIA, was one big drop, but it was worth it. The first string came out after the 1st quarter; no injuries. So the "real" first game will be against Northern Arizona week after next.

[ODUalum11]

In regards to the CAA....

Best performance: Richmond over Duke - don't care about the quality of the BCS opponent it's still a pretty big deal in my opinion.

Worst performance: Toledo over New Hampshire - game seemed like it was never even close from the very beginning.

Surprising result: Between Navy over Delaware and North Carolina over James Madison - I thought those games would have been somewhat closer. Maybe not wins for the CAA members but a lot more competitive.

[Mvemjsunpx]

NEC

DUQ 26-27 BUCK
DAY 19-13 RMU
ALB 34-37 COLG (OT)
SFPA 28-38 WAG
BRY 13-28 MAINE
SCONN 21-35 CCSU
MARIST 20-7 SACHRT
LEH 49-24 MONM

• NConf Record: 1-6
  Overall: 1-6
  
  vs. FCS: 0-6
  Overall: 0-6
  
  
  Best Performance: Wagner 38, St. Francis (PA) 28 - Dominique Williams runs for 180 yards and 2 TDs to aid the Seahawks in getting the NEC's only DI win of the week.
  
  Worst Performance: Sacred Heart 7, Marist 20 - The Pioneers run for just 32 yards for the game and get shredded through the air in the second half.
  
  Most Surprising Result: Duquesne 26, Bucknell 27 - Not a good sign for the NEC when the team picked second in the league loses to last year's Patriot League basement.

CAA

NOVA 7-42 TEMP
UNH 22-58 TOL
BRY 13-28 MAINE
UD 17-40 NAVY
MORG 3-42 TOW
RICH 23-21 DUKE
W&M 3-40 UVA
JMU 10-42 UNC
CAMP 14-41 ODU

• NConf Record*: 4-5
  Overall: 4-5
  
  vs. FCS*: 3-0
  Overall: 3-0
  
  
  Best Performance: (#16) Richmond 23, (FBS) Duke 21 - The Spiders get away with a missed extra point and beat Duke for the third-straight time.
  
  Worst Performance: (#3) William & Mary 3, (FBS) Virginia 40 - Tribe outgained 496-169 by an ACC bottom-feeder.
  
  Most Surprising Result: (#14) Villanova 7, (FBS) Temple 42 - To be fair, this was probably a bigger mismatch on paper than W&M/Virginia, but I'm still surprised by the blowout here given the down-to-the-wire thrillers from the previous 2 years.

Big South

SBU 24-31 UTEP (OT)
DSU 24-21 VMI
LIB 21-43 NCSU
BREV 17-34 GWEBB
FUR 23-30 CCU
CHSO 0-62 UCF
WOFF 35-28 PRESBY

• NConf Record: 2-5
  Overall: 2-5
  
  vs. FCS: 1-2
  Overall: 1-2
  
  
  Best Performance: Stony Brook 24, (FBS) UTEP 31 (OT) - Stony Brook's two star running backs, Miguel Maysonet & Brock Jackolski, combined for 199 rushing yards but weren't effective enough for the Seawolves to hold on late in the game.
  
  Worst Performance: VMI 21, Delaware St. 24 - The Keydets can't stop Hornet WR Justin Wilson and lose their first-ever meeting with Delaware State.
  
  Most Surprising Result: Presbyterian 28, (#8) Wofford 35 - The Blue Hose defense had no answer for Wofford's option attack, but Presbyterian took advantage of 121 Terrier penalty yards in nearly pulling a monumental upset.

MEAC

DSU 24-21 VMI
MORG 3-42 TOW
HOW 9-41 EMU
AAMU 20-21 HAMP
VSU 3-37 NFOLK
VLYNCH 7-38 NCAT
NCCEN 0-48 RUT
SCSU 6-21 CMU
SAV 34-37 ALBST (in Macon, GA)
FVSU 22-28 FAMU
PVAMU 14-63 BCOOK (in Orlando, FL)

• NConf Record: 6-5
  Overall: 6-5
  
  vs. FCS: 3-1
  Overall: 3-1
  
  
  Best Performance: Bethune-Cookman 63, Prairie View A&M 14 - Wildcats win turnovers 6-0 and go a perfect 7/7 on redzone touchdowns.
  
  Worst Performance: Morgan St. 3, Towson 42 - Bears outgained 534-160 by a perennial CAA cellar dweller.
  
  Most Surprising Result: Florida A&M 28, (DII) Fort Valley St. 22 - Rattlers need a miracle 68-yard TD pass with 39 seconds left to beat a nothing-special DII team. Did I mention they gave up 202 yards receiving to Christopher Slaughter?

SoCon

WCU 21-63 GT
APP 13-66 VT
ELON 14-45 VANDY
FUR 23-30 CCU
WOFF 35-28 PRESBY
JU 9-31 CIT
GASO 31-17 SAM
UTC 7-40 NEB

• NConf Record: 2-5
  Overall: 2-5
  
  vs. FCS: 2-1
  Overall: 2-1
  
  
  Best Performance: The Citadel 31, Jacksonville 9 - In a funny example of contrasting offensive styles, the Bulldogs outrush the Dolphins 439 to minus-22.
  
  Worst Performance: Furman 23, Coastal Carolina 30 - Jerodis Williams's 141 yards and 3 TDs rushing end up wasted in a tough Paladin loss.
  
  Most Surprising Result: The Citadel 31, Jacksonville 9 - The Bulldog defense makes Josh McGregor look quite mediocre in humiliating the Pioneer League favorites.

* - I know UMass is still technically in the CAA this year, but I'm counting them as FBS and as a non-conference opponent for CAA teams.


Tomorrow: non-playoff conferences & independents.

[EWURanger]

Thanks for not beating up on Portland State, guys. Our first game last year was UO - we were trashed and had injuries to boot. We did the same the year before - wasn't that the season we played three FBS? Southern Oregon, NAIA, was one big drop, but it was worth it. The first string came out after the 1st quarter; no injuries. So the "real" first game will be against Northern Arizona week after next.

Not knocking Portland State because I know the difficulties in scheduling, but I just don't see how any game that isn't a potential "counter" is worth it. I would kick your AD in the balls because PSU needs some sort of miracle to make the playoffs with that schedule needing 7 wins out of a possible 9 (Division I counters). And that's the reason I hope we never play a DII again. It's not like FBS vs. FCS where they can at least count those wins towards bowl eligibility. Hell, I'd rather play another FBS on the road than a DII at home. Playing those games prepares your team better for Conference play and if you're playing a BCS school you get paid, to boot.

[danefan]

Atrocious week for all but two or three teams in the NEC. Albany and CCSU looked pretty good this week. Wagner won but beat STFA (wow).

This week doesn't look to be any better.

[UAalum72]

Edit required; it was the Pioneers, not Red Foxes, who gained only 32 rushing and gave up two long TD passes.

[LDopaPDX]

An interesting thing to note is the difference in scheduling shown by the conferences. Look at the level of difficulty the Big Sky schedules compared to everyone else... Nearly everyone in the Big Sky went in tough (NoCo and Portland State excluded), while the rest of the conferences listed only had a couple of teams play up.

The Patriot can't ever expect to get much respect with the weak-ass scheduling they do....

Really? Weak ass scheduling. You have no clue. They play UConn, Army, New Hampshire, Umass, North Dakota State, Liberty, URI, Stony Brook, Penn, Harvard, Yale and Albany.

Lehigh could easily play 4 or 5 ranked teams, UNH, Liberty, Colgate, Holy Cross and Yale.

Lehigh and Holy Cross play two of the better OOC schedules in the country.

Really, I have no clue? In your list of supposedly "tough" games, you list a Big East team (the weakest of the BCS conferences), a non-AQ FBS team, 3 teams from FCS power conferences, and a host of nobodies. In the first week alone, the Big Sky played Washington, Oregon State, Washington State, Arizona, Tennessee, and Wyoming.

Yeah, man, the Patriot enlists weak-ass ascheduling, and I do have a clue. I can't even take you seriously when you include Rhode Island, Yale, and Albany as evidence that you are somehow putting teams in tough. Gimme a friggin break!

[LDopaPDX]

I'd love to see one of these tough-schedulin' Patriot teaams come to Cheney and get beat by about 8 TDs. I'm still laughing at your stupid post. Rhode Island, Yale, and Albany !!!!

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

I'd love to see one of these tough-schedulin' Patriot teaams come to Cheney and get beat by about 8 TDs. I'm still laughing at your stupid post. Rhode Island, Yale, and Albany !!!!

The better PL programs play solid schedules. Look at them if you don't believe me.

You do realize that URI was 4-4 in the CAA last year and figures to be pretty good this year given the number of returning starters? Yale is always a contender in the IL and Albany is one of the top NEC programs. Please learn about FCS as a whole.

[Wildcat Ryan]

Ah football season.

[houndawg]

Missouri Valley

LAF 6-42 NDSU
SUU 28-29 SDKST
UNI 19-20 ISU
MIZST 7-51 ARK
ILST 26-33 EIU
WIU 6-20 SHSU
SIU 38-10 SEMO
INST 7-41 PSU
YSU 6-28 MSU

• NConf Record: 3-6
  Overall: 3-6
  
  vs. FCS: 3-2
  Overall: 3-2
  
  
  Best Performance: (#7) Northern Iowa 19, (FBS) Iowa St. 20 - 16 penalties send the Panthers to another tragic loss against an in-state BCS foe.
  
  Worst Performance: Illinois St. 26, Eastern Illinois 33 - Redbirds commit 4 turnovers in a disappointing loss.
  
  Most Surprising Result: Illinois St. 26, Eastern Illinois 33 - The Redbirds ruin lofty expectations yet again as they lose to a team that went 2-9 last year.

Best performance - Sixteen penalties.....weak...